On October 16, 2023, Prof. Fang Yu delivered a keynote speech titled “On Science Education and Talent Cultivation --- From the Perspective of the Importance of Basic Research” at the Seventh Science Education Forum of the Faculty of Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, held at the China National Convention Center.

The forum was organized by CAS Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting and co-organized by the editorial board of Science and Society. More than 60 participants attended the forum, including academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, principals and teachers of primary and secondary schools, frontline science popularization workers, science education experts, science and technology policy experts, and administrative staff from the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.